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May

24

2022

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Training Course on Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare Systems

Engagement, Funded ProjectsDenny Yu, Healthcare Systems, Human Body Centered Ergonomics, Human Factors Engineering, Information Centered Human Factors, Organization Centered Human Factors, Prude University USA, SPARC

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur conducted a five days training course on Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare Systems in collaboration with Purdue University, USA from 16 to 20 May 2022, under the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration). The lecture sessions focused on four important aspects related to the healthcare systems including Information-centred Human Factors, Human Body-centred Ergonomics, Organisation-centred Human Factors and Applications of HFE in Healthcare Systems. Based on the outcome of this training course, a number of courses in the form of subject, laboratory and project are to be designed at UG…

Dec

14

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

New Normal Thrust to International Research Outreach

Eventsinternational, international collaboration, international faculty, international outreach, International Relations, internationalisation, SPARC

The Ministry of Education has released a grant for the amount of ₹ 80 crores to IIT Kharagpur for the Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration (SPARC) Programme which is aimed to promote international research outreach. The Institute which is the national coordinator of the programme is working along with 450 institutions in India and 470 institutions worldwide since the inception of the programme in 2018. In 2019-20, more than 300 international experts visited Indian institutions registered under SPARC for various projects and workshops. Close to 400 research proposals have been approved for funding to date. Over 26% of…

Apr

16

2020

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By Chirosree Basu

Stay home or stay close

In-DepthCovid-19, lockdown, Poila Baisakh, RCGSIDM, SPARC, travel patterns, University of Leeds

Preliminary findings from a joint survey undertaken by RCGSIDM and the University of Leeds show drastic changes in travel patterns in the post-Covid-19 scenario For the first time in many years, Bengalis celebrated Poila Baisakh in a way they had scarcely done before – locked up at home with their families but minus the gaiety, the rituals, their unique spread of food or the co-mingling that accompany the occasion. So did Punjabis, Malayalis, Odias, Tamils, the Assamese and many other communities who celebrate April 14 each year as the start of the new year in their respective calendars. No one…

Jan

17

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

SPARC Workshop Explores Critical Challenges of Children’s Healthcare

Eventsclinical reasoning, diagnostic, Hematological, hematology, Manchester, medical, medical imaging, Medicine, Paediatric, Pediatric, school of medical science and technology, SPARC, University of Manchester, workshop

The School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur recently held an Indo-UK Residential Workshop in collaboration with the University of Manchester, UK, on the "Practical Management of Inherited Pediatric Hematological Disorders". The focus was on clinical reasoning of cases related to children’s blood and bone marrow disorders using an interactive problem-based learning approach with direct interactions with globally renowned experts. The areas covered in the workshop included the workup of the child presenting with signs and symptoms of reduction in the number of various blood cells, or cytopenias including pancytopenia or bone marrow failure. Workup included understanding the…

Jan

14

2020

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By Chirosree Basu

All in days’ work

In-DepthBiocementation, Biorefinery, Curtin University, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, Professor Warren Seider, SPARC, University of Pennsylvania

Two back-to-back workshops organized by the Bioprocess & Bioproduct Development Laboratory (PI: Prof. Ramkrishna Sen) of the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur along with the collaborators from USA and Australia from January 2-5, 2020 under the Government of India’s Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) brought to students latest news on how the scientific community the world over is bracing up for a future that will see biofuels replace petroleum and green technologies being employed in a world that is seeing the steady depletion of natural resources. The bottom-line of both the workshops were the pursuit of…

Oct

03

2018

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By Chirosree Basu

To get the ball rolling

Eventsforeign faculty, GIAN, launch, MHRD, PhD scholars, SPARC, SPARC website

Swarajya Magazine Indian Express SPARC website launched by IIT Kharagpur, which is the national coordinator for MHRD's new initiative in higher education The launch of the website of the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration or SPARC on September 28, 2018 marks the formal beginning of the latest higher education initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. IIT Kharagpur is the National Coordinating Institute of SPARC, a programme that seeks to improve the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions by promoting academic and research collaboration between Indian institutions and best-in-class faculty and renowned research…